Little Falls transcript., 1887-02-25

from Morrison county, anu attaching the anne
TO the county of Cass; an act. for the relief OF
James P. Pond: authorizing change OF bounda-
ries Of school districts in LIE sueur county,
SENATE.
Not in session.
The session of the house had Just opened
yesterday morning when Mr. Donnelly sent
up to the speakers chair the following reso-
lurion
Resolved, That the speaker is hereby directed
to appoint special committee Of five members
OF the house to inquire and report to this house
whether any attempt has been made to corruptly
to the passage Of House File 238 The commit
Tee shall have power to issue subpoenas and to
send for persons and papers, aud to employ a
stenograpner to report the testimony taken be-
house. The chairman OF the committee shall
nave power to administer Oaths to witne. ses
called before the committee. The committee
shall have power to report at any time.
The house defeated the Merrill text book
ELL by an overwhelming vote.
IN THE SENATE
The graded high license bill OF Senator
Scheffer was introduced.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
TO authorize county commissioners of Clay.
Wilkin, ETC., to issue bonds for topograp hical
survey.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Childs to regulate compensation Of county
commissioners in Mcleod county: Whiteman,
to establish bureau Of industry and statistics
Lodge No. 6, /. o. o. F., Of Minneapolis: schef-
fer, to provide for the organization Of board of
park commissioners in St. Paul; Crandall, con-
ferring the power Of franchises upon the COM
mon council OF OWatonna: same, to authorize
city OF Owatonna to issue bonds for waterworks
Scheher, to authorize Hennepin and Ramsey
counties to issue bends for the Marshall avenue
bridge; Hayden, to authorize city of Winona to
issue $1,000 bonds for the Wlnona & South
western railway.
The senate judiciary committee has recon-
mended the bills to pass establishing state
public school: fixing the time of holding Terms
Of court in the Eleventh judicial district: 10
prevent the contractors for prison labor COM
peting with the custom work of artisans: author
izing pharmacists to sell all kinds of iqnor on
physicians certificates only; relating to the law
OF libel.
The soldiers home bill passed yeas Is,
nays 4.
SENATE.
The senate railroad committee presented
the following substitute to Mr.. Popes bill
Street railways are excepted from the provis.
ions Of the act.
One car load of freight shall be TRANSPORTED al
as low ratio per ton per mile as any grea' Ell
to the same points
Discrimination is prohibited, and cars mus
be exchanged between roads,
The clause In Pope's bill fixing passenger ra e,
at ~ cents per mile, and tie clause prohibitins
passes, arc stricken out.
Pooling is prohibited, and rebates are moi
allowed to any person. The long and short han
clause is retained. but the railroad commission
is given power to suspend it's operations where
the ines OF two or more competing roads run tt
q point common to both, and tae line having the
nHf lIv1af fr0r
other point common to both has made it's rates
by the application of it's distance tariff
to allow the rate on the lonxel
line to be the same as by the sho rter comreI;n.
De enforced until rate equal to the throug
rate shall have been reached, when It's operation
shall anl . be suspended by the provisions Of tht
Tables OF rates shall be kept posted in oil de
pets and no change shall be made except upo1
ten days notice.
commissioners to district courts is provided for
No appeal shall stay or supersede the order ap
pealed from in so far as it relates to rates q
trans por taJton or to modes of trans sactinr thu
business OF railroad companies with the public
unless the court hearing or deciding such cast
shall SO direct
The provision for the appointment Of rail
road commission is the same as that in Pope
bill. There are to be three commi ssioners a
$3oOO per annum each, and a sc crctary g.
The bill was introduced in the senate YES
rerday morning redistricUing the judicia
districts Of the state. The scheme proposed
is as follows:
First District Chtsago. Kanabec. Pine, Wash
ington, D kota Wabasha.
second Ramsey.
Third--Hennepin. Wright, Anoka, Isantt
Fourth-Winona, Olmsred, Dodge, Steele, Wa
SEGA.
Fifth--Rice. LIE Sueur, Scott, Carver,
iVth III (1n FcY To ihorl "oto
Seventh-Morrison, Benton, Mile Lacs, Grow
Wing; Cass. Stevens, Todd, sherbutne
Eighth-McLeod. Renvile, Yellow Medicine
Lac qui Parle. Big Stone. Chippewa
Ninth-Sib]ey, Nicollet, Brown. Redwood
Lyon, Lincoln
Eleventh-St. Louis. Lake, Cook. Carlton. Ait
Twelfth-Meeker, Kandiyohi, Swift, Pope, Bi:
Stone, Stevens, Traverse
Thlrtcenth- Cottonwood. jackson, Murray
Mobiles, Pipe Stone Polk.
,Fourteenth-Wadena, Otter Tail Douglas
Grant, Wilkin
FiKeenth-Hubbard, Becker, Clay, Norman
Polk. Marshall, kittson. Bel,rami.
Mr.. Nelson offered an amendment to A.r
Truax's bill to remove the state reform schno'
The amendment is practically substi:u c To-
tho bill. It names as a commission to select ;
new site for the new school the following gen
tlemen: D. W. Ingersoll, Ramsey county
George Barbours, Dakota county: F. w. Hoyt
Goodhue county: Andrew Knox, Mower county
Charles W. Strobeck, Meeker county. The new
site is to be not less than twenty miles from an,
other state institution The managers of tn,
institution are empowered TO erect sui5a blt
buildings. The cost OF the site snd building;
must not exceed the amount realized from tht
sale Of the present site and buildings.
Senator Goodrich, to whom was referred hi
bill for prohibitory amendme nj, reported t.
the senate yesterday with the re commeudatlo,
that 1t pass.
Senator Browns bill in regard to abstrac
worS IN counties requires parties performing til
same to give bonds in the sum OF SIS. 900.
IN THE HOUSE
The business Of the day was the consider
alton OF general house orders, and numbe
OF local bills were passed in omnibus withou
debate. The freedom of traffic bill and in
terest bills were laid over owing to the small
The house committee OH puo1lc expenditure
and accounts made their report OF tho cond1tior
OF che auditors Office yesterday morning, show
was $lSO,O81e2. The bonds and securities il
the treasury amount to 81, 722, 900, Of whicl
the permanent school fund amounts to So 200
goo 200: Minnesota railway adjustment bonds. II,
9S1 600: Minnesota revenue bonds, &61 ,OOU
permanent university fund, $4,000 Ten
ueesee state bonds. $9U, 900: Tennessee state
bonds, $4,000. The committee recommend
that the state treasurer's bond Of $40O, 900 b.
Increased.
The bill to abolish the process OF garnishmcnt
introduced by Mr.. Newell, provides that whcr
It shall appear satisfactory to courts that tn:
sum OF money garnisheed was actually earnet
by the manual la Dor Of any man or woman anc
that the money is actually necessary to rhe sup.
port OF such individual, the court shall dis.
sharRe the Iarnishment and render Judgment In
!ayor OF the defendant without costs.
Mr.. Lees bill to tax telegraph companies wa
amended by striking out the clause reQuirin
Che payment Of one per cent tax on lines doirl
business partly within tho state ana partl
within other territories.
Mr.. Bowen's bill relating to tho liability O
persons and corporations camo up In the senat
committee OF the whole yesterday. and was re
erred to the judiciary commituee.
Mr.. Rogers bill amending the General Statute
relating to notaries public substitutes th
word citizen" for "eieotor," and enables wo.ne
to be appointed notartes.
-he bill providing 81 500 for clerk hire an
R1On coniinpent fund for The slate exaninar h.